PBS Software Positioned as Niche Player in Gartners Magic Quadrant for Structured

Data Archiving and Application Retirement

Evaluation based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute
Bensheim, Germany and Morgan Hill, California August 7, 2014 PBS Software GmbH today
announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Niche Players quadrant of The 2014
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Structured Data Archiving and Application Retirement. Dolphin
Enterprise Solutions Corporation, PBS largest reseller and implementation partner in North
America and a leader in Data Volume Management solutions for SAP applications is cited in the
recently released report.
According to Gartner "By 2017, structured data archiving will represent one-fifth of the
information governance efforts in enterprises" "Magic Quadrant for Structured Data Archiving
and Application Retirement". G Landers, et. al., June 11, 2014, Gartner Inc. Increasingly, IT
leaders are retiring applications as they respond to demands to move to the cloud, consolidate
data centers and improve agility. Structured data archiving, from vendors such as PBS, address
the management of aging data, application consolidation and retirement.
PBS Software GmbH is a leading provider of supplementary software solutions for Information
Lifecycle Management with SAP in the areas of data archiving, extraction, and storage. Dolphin
is the largest reseller and solution implementer for PBS structured data archiving solutions for
SAP systems in North America. The PBS and Dolphin partnership, has helped customers
running SAP systems retrieve archived data easily, so they have quick and complete access to
archived information, while effectively reducing database growth and operating costs.
We are thrilled to be recognized by Gartner as a niche player in structured data archiving and
application retirement, said Guenther Reichling, Founder and Managing Director of PBS
Software. With 25 percent of our customer base comprised of North American organizations,
our partnership with Dolphin plays an important role in our overall business strategy as it
supports a large number of our joint corporate clients.
As the largest reseller of PBS in North America, Dolphin was honored to be mentioned as a
VAR in the Gartner Magic Quadrant report on structured archiving, said Dr. Werner Hopf, CEO,
Dolphin. We implement PBS data archiving software solutions for customers across all
industries because the solutions provide our customers with transparent access to archived
data and superior performance of their SAP systems. We plan to continue our successful
partnership with PBS by expanding on our offerings as PBS looks to enhance its Nearline
Analytic Infrastructure solution in 2014.
The Magic Quadrant for Structured Data Archiving and Application Retirement is available for
download at https://www.gartner.com/doc/2765017/magic-quadrant-structured-data-archiving

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About PBS Software GmbH

PBS Software GmbH is a leading provider of SAP add-on software in the field of data archiving,
extraction and storage as well as system decommissioning, and has over 20 years experience
and know-how on complex, integrated data access for archived SAP data. PBS specializes in
software development and its partners deliver consulting and sales support worldwide.
About Dolphin
Dolphin leads the way in business performance improvement for companies running SAP
solutions and is the one partner that manages both data and processes. From data and
information lifecycle management to end-to-end solutions for procure-to-pay and order-to-cash
processes based on SAP software, Dolphin delivers a competitive advantage that drives cost
savings, optimizes cash flows and fosters a lower total cost of ownership. Leveraging SAP
technology, Dolphins data lifecycle and business process management solutions and add-on
applications with SAP-certified integration have built-in flexibility and are designed to be tailored
to each customers specific business processes and IT environments.
The company was founded in 1995 and has offices in San Jose, CA, Philadelphia, PA and
Toronto, Canada. To learn more, contact us at contact@dolphin-corp.com or visit www.dolphincorp.com.
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For more information, please contact:

Michalina Malinowski
PBS Software GmbH
O: +49 (0)6251 - 174 238
michalina.malinowski@pbs-software.com
Christiane Hoeninger
Dolphin Enterprise Solutions Corporation
O: +1 (813) 977-1512
christiane.hoeninger@dolphin-corp.com